Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,838, Josiah Gordon, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
Gordon Josiah
S. 29,838
CONTENTS

Maine 11.330
Josiah Gordon
of Kennebec Co - in the State of Maine who was a Pr in the Company commanded by Captain Brown - of the Regt commanded by Col Starks - in the Massachusetts line for -
21 Mo Private - $ 70
Inscribed on the Roll of - Maine at the rate of 70 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of April 1833 - and sent to R. C. Vose, Augusta, Me
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 - 140. Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " 35
175
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. D. Sprague Clerk, Book 8 Vol. Page 18

29838 Rev Y INVALID.
File No. 29,838
Josiah Gordon His Rev War
Act: June 7 n 32 n
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 158
[Arrangement of 1870.]

STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec County, ss.
AT the Supreme Judicial Court, begun and holden at Augusta, within and for the County of Kennebec, on the first Tuesday of October, A. D. 1832, and thence by adjournment on the 26 th day of March A. D. 1833.
PERSONALLY appears in open Court Josiah Gordon by whom the annexed declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7th, 1832, was made before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jr. on the 14 th day of July A. D. 1832, and makes oath, in due form of law, that the annexed declaration, by him made and signed, is true.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
Nathan Weston Just S. J. C.
I, JOHN ALPHONSO CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Josiah Gordon for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix the seal of said Supreme Judicial Court, and subscribe my name this 26 th day of March A. D. 1833.
J. A. Chandler

State of Maine.
THE  Isiah Bradley a Clergyman, residing in the town of Vienna in the County of Hancock and Jacob Graves residing in the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Isiah Eldon who has sub- scribed and sworn to the annexed declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Jacob Graves Isiah Bradley
State of Maine.
Kennebec ss.—Sworn and subscribed this twentieth day of July
A. D. 183 2
Before me,
John Mooers
Justice of the Peace.
John Mooers is a Justice of the Peace. And the Rev. Isiah Bradley is a clergyman residing in Vienna. And Jacob Graves of the same town is a credible person, & their statement is entitled to be believed.
Nathan Weston Jr.

Josiah Gordon No 2. 894 Private - New Hampshire Troops.
Moore's Co; Stark's Regt. 10 months
Brown's Co; Mooney or Long's Regt. 6 months
Dearborn's Co; Center's Regt. 5 months
21 months as a private
Declaration in Open Court March 26 th 1830.
Admitted 21 months $70. —
R. C. Vose. Augusta Me "

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
ON this fourteenth day of July A. D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, Josiah Gordon a resident of Vienna in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged Seventy five years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1775 with Captain Daniel Moore and served in Col. Stark's regiment of the New Hampshire line or troops under the following named officers: Messrs Captain, Stark's Colonel, that in April 1775, he enlisted as a private in the war of the revolution, for the period of eight months in said Company and regiment. That this period fully served out, and under the request of the commander in Chief, two months longer and was finally but verbally discharged at Cambridge Massachusetts in February 1776. That in April 1776 he again enlisted as a private for nine months in Captain Nathan Brown's company and Col. Moorhouse's  he believes but it might be Col. Long's regiment of the New Hampshire troops, that under this enlistment he continued to serve about six months, and was then verbally discharged at Great Island Port in harbour in October 1776. That in July 1777 he again enlisted as a private in Capt Dearborn's company, and Col Centre's regiment of the New Hampshire  troops that he continued to serve until November 1777 when he was verbally discharged at Russell's mills in New York

And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the war department, he answers: That he was born in East Nottinghamshire in 1757, when he supposed his age is recorded; that during his revolutionary service, his home was in Cheshire Nottinghamshire that in 1786 he removed to Readfield Maine, in which town by wife's inheritance he lived about thirteen years, then in Chesterville, Maine, about twenty years, and that he has lived in Vienna, Maine, about four years, where he still lives. That at the various periods before stated, he enlisted, was not drafted or received as a substitute. That he never took any written discharge. That in his first period, he served with the Maine army. That in his second service, he was employed in guarding Portsmouth Harbor James Atkin was Brown's lieutenant at Gorham Ensign - That in the last service, he was in the battle of Bennington, where his lieutenant's horse was killed. That in September 1777 he was left sick at Randall's mills. That the Rev. Josiah Bradley and Jacob Graves Esq will testify to his character for veracity and belief of his service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Josiah Gores
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, Before Nathan Weston Esq Asst S.P. Clerk
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Nathan Weston Esq

State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of Jonah Gordon for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 14 th day of July
A. D. 183 2,
J. A. Chandler